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Five-letter words matching _L_C_

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Showing 33 matching words

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Shortlist

What the remaining words have in common

33 matching words4 not previously used12 past answers

Position 1P 21%C 18%F 18%A 12%

Position 3A 27%I 24%E 21%O 21%

Position 5K 64%E 12%S 12%H 6%

Possible answers

BLACK BLOCK CLACK CLICK CLOCK CLUCK ELECT FLACK FLECK FLICK FLOCK PLACE

4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

BLACK used BLOCK used CLACK used CLICK used CLOCK used CLUCK used ELECT possible FLACK possible FLECK possible FLICK used FLOCK used PLACE used PLUCK used SLACK possible SLICE used SLICK used ALACK guess ALECK guess ALECS guess ALICK guess BLECH guess BLOCS guess CLACH guess CLECK guess FLICS guess FLOCS guess GLACE guess KLICK guess PLACK guess PLECK guess PLICA guess PLOCE guess PLOCK guess

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The top-ranked splitter is shown in the shortlist note below. Add a gray or yellow clue here to recalculate after the position changes.

Previously used by Wordle: BLACK (April 10, 2022); BLOCK (January 25, 2024); CLACK (July 12, 2026); CLICK (August 25, 2026); CLOCK (May 12, 2026); CLUCK (August 4, 2021); FLICK (September 3, 2021); FLOCK (July 18, 2022); plus 4 more.

Top-ranked splitter CEIBA

Average remaining: 1.62
Worst branch: 2
Information: 3.37 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

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CEIBA does not fit this page's clues. CLACK keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 3.75 (6 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: FL_CK

FLACK, FLECK, FLICK, FLOCK differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; CEIBA tests the family more efficiently.

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48% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: SLICE of the 33 words here

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More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

K 64% A 39% E 33% I 24% O 21% P 21%

Words with five different letters

73% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BLACK BLOCK FLACK FLECK FLICK

Common letter pairs

CK 21/33 words (64%) LA 9/33 words (27%) AC 9/33 words (27%) LI 8/33 words (24%) IC 8/33 words (24%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 70% · two: 30% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match _L_C_?: 33 five-letter words match _L_C_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, SLICE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.51 bits against the possible answers.

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